Savvas Learning Company is a global education company that produces award-winning learning solutions that empower educators and engage students with the highest quality content.
Recognized as an industry leader, we serve millions of K-12 learners with innovative, student-centered educational programs that turn today’s classrooms into active learning environments. By embracing technology, personalized learning, and immersive experiences delivered across multiple platforms, we design our learning solutions to be more accessible and relevant to each student.
Our comprehensive solutions for core curriculum, and supplemental and intervention programs - supported by an array of professional development services - allow teachers to use data to inform classroom practices and tailor instructions to an individual’s abilities and learning styles.
Summary
The Digital Producer, K-12 Math position resides within the Math Business Unit and is responsible for the digital development of K-12 programs in Math. Under the leadership of a Manager of Math Technology, the Digital Producer will play a critical role in building digital products. Digital Producers have responsibility for developing web mobile-based content, curriculum, and products to meet specific standards and instructional needs of teachers and students, as well as industry technology standards. The candidate will have an excellent understanding of digital development processes and tools, and bring to the position skills to build market-winning product offerings.
This is a term of project position, expected to last for one year.
SCOPE AND IMPACT OF JOB
The work of the digital producer will impact K-12 education by helping to bring 21st-century learning products to market. The decisions made by the digital producer will influence the success of the Math product offerings. The scope of the work will encompass a wide range of multimedia formats on a variety of platforms and delivery devices (IWBs/Web/LMS platforms/mobile delivery) available today, and new devices and platforms in the future.
Primary Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain curriculum content using Company software applications and authoring tools.
- Work on cross-functional team projects by providing leadership with a focus on cost, schedule, quality, scope, and communication toward the successful delivery of various types of technology products.
- Develop project plans appropriate for the scope and complexity of each project. This includes delivering planning artifacts, working with the core team, providing financial forecasts, and communicating with functional management to ensure awareness of project status and needed resources.
- Selecting, contracting, scheduling, and overseeing external freelancers and vendors to ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget.
- Managing inputs and outputs to the Company’s databases and platforms, working with others to upload files and spreadsheets to the Company’s web applications, and reviewing and approving online content.
- Updating existing test item databases with new state standards in collaboration with other editors and correlations specialists.
- Planning, documenting, and communicating processes in collaboration with others.
- Ensure products meet high QA standards.
- Follows current trends and research on innovations and educational technology.
Required Knowledge And Experience
- 3 – 4 years of experience in educational publishing or a technology-related field
- Proven ability to complete projects on schedule and on budget.
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Exhibited sound judgment
- Experience using Microsoft Office, and an aptitude for learning new software applications.
- B.S./B.A. degree is required
- Proven experience managing cross-functional project teams with team members located in multiple locations.
- An understanding of critical and creative thinking. Proven decision-making skills as well as objective and methodical problem analysis and appropriate risk mitigation strategies.
- A balanced combination of both academic and practical experience.
- Excellent communication skills, strong analytical and verbal communication skills, and excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to communicate effectively in visual, oral, and written form.
- Ability to build bridges with the various internal business units and strong relationships with vendors.
- Strong computer skills, specifically Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) and other project management and budget tracking tools.
- Highly organized and able to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.
- High degree of flexibility and tolerance for change.
- Experience in critical roles working on multi-million dollar projects.
Desired Skills
- Knowledge of educational publishing products and processes, including eBook formats and learning management systems
- Expertise in documentation creation and management
- Prior experience with Content Management Systems
- Familiarity with various authoring and programming tools, including but not limited to HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript
Savvas Learning Company provides access to a benefits experience created to offer our employees choice, flexibility, and the opportunity to save money for the future. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, tax-advantaged accounts, pharmacy, life insurance, disability insurance, matching 401(k), and paid time off. Our benefits are part of a total package that is carefully designed to support the total well-being of our employees.
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